Whatever state we are in at present has a direct incentive of our past
performance, our present actions based on the correlative implication of our
past and present and our future implementation and execution of goals
considering all the three timelines taken into prospective. This isn’t a book to read in a single sitting
and grasp everything out of it. It’s meted out of sincere efforts put up to
bring out the real scenario of the country with summoned realistic counsels to
overcome from rather deplorable condition the country is facing today. This
book is laid on connoting the thoughts and preachings of one of the greatest
scholar world has ever known Chanakya along with the beliefs and teachings of our
father of the nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, encompassing the present
scenario. Author's vitalizing feat can
also be sensed from the 65 references which he made to make a stronghold case
of his treatise.

An
eye opener for all the Indians who aren’t awake yet

Cover Page:
Black hole is of prime importance as it devours everything else. How would you
represent a black hole in terms of color? Black isn’t it? Yes this color has significance
in the cover page of this book as it encompasses everything India needs to do
to envision itself as “Sarvagun Sampoorna” (To bring out the best in terms of
completeness). If an adequate action isn’t
taken now we would drown our self to a pitiful grave which is looking more
promising similar to engulfing in a black hole.

About the Author:

Pavan K. Varma,studied
history at St. Stephen College, New delhi and took a degree in law from
Delhi University.He has been press secretary to the president of India,
official spokesman of the Foreign Office, director general of the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations, and India's ambassador to Bhutan. Having taken
premature retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, he now seeks to be
actively involved in public life.

Pavan K. Varma has
authored several acclaimed and bestselling books, among them, Ghalib: The
Man, The Times; Krishna: The Playful Divine; The Great Indian Middle Class;
Being Indian: The truth about why the 21st century will be India's; Becoming
Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity and When Loss
is Gain. He has also translated into English the poetry of Gulzar, Kaifi
Azmi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Compostional Report:

Prologue of this book covers the bases or the roots from which a theme is
derived and later matured into a fully fledged blueprint for a change. Starting with Chanakya's preachings from
Arthashastra , an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft,
economic policy and military strategy written by the great scholar dating back 2300
years BC Era, captivating to our present
day scenario which needs an immediate alteration.

Author of this book Pavan K. Varma has succinctly exploited the prowess of
demarcation to mark 5 significant areas which requires a prominent stance in
terms of actual implementations. This book covers an equitably devised areas of
concern viz. Governance, Democracy, Corruption, Security and the creation of an
Inclusive society with a prior liaison with our immediate Past, since our
Independence in 1947 highlighting all the pros and the cons linked with each
and every decision taken by our fore founders of the country.

This book covers all the 5 eminent lurking dangers with detailed analysis of each
with the basic knowledge of what is the current situation, why are we in such a
state and what is the probable outcome if we continue to progress or rather
regress with such a rate and most importantly what needs to be done to
overcome our stricken state and be amongst the fortified nations. This book has
sought 354 lines of immediate action points covering all the cornerstones along
with the detailed reasoning of each and every point stated (57-Democracy, 87-governance,
111-corruption, 58-security and 41-creation of inclusive society)

The best part according to me was the presentation of real India to its
mass and the detailed action plan mentioned to root out all the evils from our
country. This is not a novel for a literate person but a bible to an educated
citizen, perhaps this is the best and the worst thing which it contains.

Worst- let us take an example
mentioned in this book
“5 years ago shortage of coal was 43
million tones and now it is 140 million tones. India being a 4th
largest in cola reserve this is something unbelievable.”
What will a common person understand with
43 million tones and 140 million tones except that it has further decreased?

Best- As I said this has nothing to
do with a literate mind but means a lot to an educated citizen. The reason
being the exponential decrease of coal reserves in spite of all the planned (unplanned)
strategies that let to shrinkage of reserves, policies of the government (governance),
Use of resources ( democracy),Coalgate scam(corruption), Proper utilization and
growth of available resources along with its security (Security) and harnessing
resources for a sustainable progress(creating an inclusive society). This book covers everything and that’s why I recommend it to all educated minds, a must read as I always
believe a knowledgeable citizen is much better than an ignorant one when it
comes to tackling a situation at hand.

I agree with the author “it’s time to
change and if we fail, India may never succeed. Our future is at stake.” I would rate this book 4.5 out of 5.

Life Adjudication of
the book:

This is a
book to awake our sleeping brains and start acting towards our cumulative goal
to progress

34 comments:

Beg a pardon...this is certainly not any classic...it represents the present situation of our country the steps were of course taken from Arthashastra... but it's evident in today's India which is gulped by poor governance, lack of democratic strategies,corruption,security crisis and the need of creation of inclusive society...this is a book to bring out a change in India's policy.

Thanks a lot Meenakshi... you words were like a gold dust to me...as i feel bit relaxed as i could make my points clear in terms of the readers (educated)...who would rate it similar to the Arthashastra...!!!

This book isn't really a classics yes the thesis es are taken from Arthashastra but it depicts present Indian..scenario and the it has carefully formulated a blueprint to change the deplorable state of our country...!!!

Generally i am incited by two things...emotions and patriotism...this was neither of the two...but it brought about the social side of me...or i should say it would incite any person who is bothered by our countries problems and wants to have a country free of social dogmas which have been plaguing our progress for so long...!!!

This is a self awakening book and after reading it through...i am sure no one will say "Out of 100 ,99 corrupt but still my country is the best" as you will be forced to think about the 1 good thing about our country and decide whether it's really a boon ...!!!

A very well comprehensive review you have written, Your verdict "This is a book to awake our sleeping brains and start acting towards our cumulative goal to progress." -- I back that. Completely. Anyone who has read it has enjoyed it, well almost everyone and your review proves that. :)

I was more than alert while reading this...generally i would read a book in 1 or two sitting but it took me a long time...not because it wasn't interesting but the points mentioned were too precise and pertaining to our problems that it took a while to grasp and then move onto the next topic of discussion...!!!

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